Not all jobs need movies about them. A salesman in a kiosk peddling prepaid cell phones might not make the best protagonist for a film, but it depends on the treatment. There’s a lot of movies about people working hard to build their careers, but not all of them are fun to watch while also being epic portrayals of the humans fighting for gainful employment. The following films are important depictions of the American worker:
5. Falling Down
The classic tale of a worker with a crisis of conscious going berserk, Michael …

As other industries suffer the effects of the economic downturn, the health care industry continues to grow and thrive. Health care employers will create and fill approximately 3.2 million jobs by 2018, growing the field by an astounding 22 percent.
Professionals across the health care spectrum will become more in-demand as the current generation has children and baby boomers grow older. There is a particular need for qualified health care professionals in the metropolitan areas of Texas, Tennessee, Florida and New York. Here’s a peek at the top 10 high-demand careers in …

The geographic expanse of the United States has historically always provided a way for those living in economically depressed communities to uproot and relocate somewhere else. During the Great Depression for example, thousands of Oklahomans headed West toward California after the Dust Bowl reduced their farming fields to deserts. These days, those unable to find work in a specific area must consider the same thing. While it’s true that there exists no part of the country where economic strife has not hit, doing your research and finding which spots in …